Here's a story from this week's Riverdale Review.
By Brendan McHugh
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| The Henry Hudson Bridge turned 75 years old on Dec. 12. All photos courtesy of the MTA. |
On Monday, Dec. 12, 1936, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and master-builder Robert Moses cut the ribbon on the Henry Hudson Bridge.
Exactly 75 years later, the New York Public Library’s Riverdale branch has begun showing a month-long photo exhibit, highlighting the construction and life of the bridge.
The exhibit includes more than a dozen photographs from the MTA Bridges and Tunnels Depression-era collection and will include a section for schoolchildren, focusing on different types of bridges and the building of the Henry Hudson, and another geared to the community before the bridge was built.
Jump below for the full story and some fascinating photos from the 1930s when the bridge was being constructed.
